This is a tower you can climb
to get a good view of the two launch pads
used for Space Shuttle launches. First stop on the KSC tour
The top floors
A savaged challenger shuttle rocket booster
with the nozzle on the ground floor
the outdoor viewing areas
The VAB
and Propellant Storage and Service Area
overview of the nearby crawler tracks
Launch complex LC39A in the distance
Atlantis STS-135 all ready on Pad A
a sight we will never see again
The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station down south
LC-37 looks like an antenna farm
LC-41, where Voyager 2 probe was launched in 1977
looks just like in the picture!
Scenic view over the Indian river
Alantis covered by the service structure
as explained in this illustration
all the best for STS-135
lets get a move on!
look cool engraved tags!
hot days are typical here
Moving onto the next part of our tour!
Parked Crawler Transporters
The Apollo/Saturn V Center!
Quick facts of the day.
and we are in!
for a video presentation
of what made it possible
simulation of mission control of the launch
Contains one of only three Saturn V rockets still in existence. Made up of S-IC-T (test stage) and the second and third stages
all ready to go houston!
3-2-1 launch!
houston we have liftoff!
look outside!
The Saturn V rocket
it's butt in glory!
expanding nozzle booster closeup!
drool space nerds!
more space porn!
the space race indeed!
in no better way than a classic corvette
The Saturn V's a huge boy
stages of the rocket
note the hanger like environment?
the stage 2 component
trusters on the second stage
information panels by the exhitbits